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Description list looking like a glossaries list
Is there a package or something that allows me to create a list (like description) that looks like a glossaries list, where the descriptions are indented the same length? Like it is if the ...
2
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How can I stop my description text from going beyond the margin
The text is going over my page. How can i fix that?
\documentclass[DIV=15, paper=a4, paper=portrait, pagesize=auto]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
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3
votes
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How to align all description labels with section
I am using this code
\documentclass[paper=a4, paper=portrait, pagesize=auto]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\definecolor{orange}{HTML}{FFC296}
\begin{document} ...
2
votes
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How can I make the items aligned in section?
I have this code
\documentclass[paper=a4, paper=portrait, pagesize=auto]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\textit{\alph*)}}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
...
3
votes
2answers
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Description environment, indent first line
Is there a neat way to push the first line of an item in a description environment over to the right so that it is flush with the second line of the item?
I'm trying to define a LaTeX list ...
2
votes
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hide a certain item and remove the left empty line
Is there a way to define a new command \noitem where its contents are hidden, in the same way I put in MWE?
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand[2]{\noitem}{\item[]{}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}} % ...
4
votes
0answers
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Overlapping label and text in description environment [closed]
I'm relatively new to LaTeX, and I am having this problem with the description environment:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{IEEEtrantools}
\usepackage{amsthm}
...
4
votes
1answer
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Creating an enumerate-description style environment
I've been trying to create a list environment to produce something that does the following:
It has a counter (like the enumerate environment).
The first line of each item is an overview of the item ...
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enumitem: newlist with description and bullet [duplicate]
I've seen quite a few questions here on how to use enumitem with descriptions and bullets. I couldn't however find a solution where they created a newlist and that's where I have my problem:
I ...
7
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1answer
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labelsep in enumitem: stretch ignored
As the title says: labelsep setting in the enumitem package ignores the stretch part. I would be happy to have a stretch there (in the end actually the current font's interword stretch achieved by ...
5
votes
1answer
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right description list LaTeX beamer
How to do right align a description list using beamer?
Name | Joel Spolsky
Address | Some address
Using the enumitem package as suggested in
Description list with right alignment of ...
7
votes
1answer
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Using \lstinline inside a \item
I know about the fragility of verbatim-like commands, and that they should not be used as an argument of another macro, but a need to write a description environment in which the terms to be defined ...
2
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2answers
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Properly align text in description
I need to illustrate cases, that is why I am using the description environment:
\begin{description}
\item[Caso 1] Esiste una computazione $s_1, s_2, \ldots, s_k$ di $\mathcal P$ che comincia con ...
5
votes
2answers
146 views
uniform indent on description
I have a description like below. The main issue is if the text is to long it runs underneath the beginning.
\begin{description}
\item[Languages:] C, C++,Python, Ruby, Shell Scripting (Bash), ...
1
vote
2answers
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Macro to format text
Good morning, I have the following problem, I have a file with 8000 questions in the following format:
COD: 7
¿A qué número de revoluciones se alcanza la potencia máxima de un motor?
A Al número de ...
5
votes
1answer
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description environment missing in bioinfo class
Usually in my articles for the \documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}, I use the description environment without getting any error, i.e. \begin{description} … \end{description}.
However, when I used the ...
4
votes
2answers
96 views
Description numbering
I have an article document. In this document I have sections and subsections. In a subsection there are nested 'description' lists. I want that items of this description have numbers which use the ...
4
votes
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More on dealing with long description environment items in beamer
This is a follow-up question to Dealing with long description environment items
Gonzalo Medina was very helpfully resolving an issue I had with his solution to Dealing with long description ...
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0answers
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Beamer: change gray out on itemize environment [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Beamer: double uncover hides instead of watermarks
This is a following up question to the solution for this question:
Beamer: double uncover hides instead of watermarks
...
5
votes
1answer
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Beamer and description environment text size
Is it possible to define a the description environment size like it its possible with itemize and enumerate?
\setbeamerfont{itemize/enumerate body}{size=\small}
\setbeamerfont{itemize/enumerate ...
11
votes
1answer
284 views
Description list with aligned descriptions
This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label ...
2
votes
1answer
104 views
Centered, left-aligned list
I'm attempting to left-align a centered list of elements.
\begin{center}
\begin{align}
\begin{description}
\item[] lorem
\item[] ipsum
\item[] lorem
\item[] ipsum
\end{description}
\end{align}
...
2
votes
1answer
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description: paragraph as definition - get straight left margin for multi-line definition
With \item[keyword]explanation-that-goes-on-for-several-lines I get:
keyword this is the first line
this is the second line
But I'd like it like this
keyword this is the first line
...
1
vote
1answer
176 views
Modify default description style
I need to modify description style. I want the description entry to be on the next line, with a different color and
\newenvironment{mydescription}{%
\let\olditem\item%
\begin{list}{}{
...
5
votes
1answer
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Description list with item and body in separate columns
I try to achieve the following layout with a description list
Item1 Description of the item where wrapping aligns like this.
Should also handle itemize environment in the description ...
2
votes
2answers
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enumitem nextline style: nested item shouldn't start on description label's line
I use enumitem description style nextline to emulate a sort of TOC entry with the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newenvironment{DLdescription}[1][*]{%
...
6
votes
1answer
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Indenting multiple paragraphs in description
I am trying to put multiple paragraphs in a description, where the body text is indented by one \parindent, and I want to indent the second paragraph by one \parindent relative to the body text ...
2
votes
2answers
399 views
Is there a itemsep equivalent for subitem?
So I was wondering if there is the equivalent of itemsep for the subitems, particularly in the description environment. I know I could nest many environments one in the other but it seems ugly.
...
7
votes
3answers
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Add bullet points to description lists
I'd like to add a bullet point to description lists.
\begin{description}
\item[Term] Description
\end{description}
Basically what I want looks like the following, when rendered:
\begin{itemize}
...
5
votes
2answers
134 views
Table align in description environment
Why table doesn't align as a text in description environment? I want it has same left indent and width as text.
Is that possible?
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[paper=a4paper, ...
8
votes
3answers
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enumitem package and description lists
Why does the following generate an error?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}[label=\emph{\alph*})]
\item [aaa] bbbb
\item [eee] əəəə
...
9
votes
1answer
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How to change symbol separating description item definitions with enumitem
I'm trying to alter the description environment with enumitem so that an item will be separated from its description by a dash rather than a colon. Having searched the documentation and this forum, I ...
2
votes
1answer
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Why is a blank line added before a description environment when placed in a footnote in ConTeXt?
I would like to place a description environment inside a footnote, e.g.:
\definedescription[descr][headstyle=normal, style=normal, width=3em]
\starttext
This is some ...
7
votes
2answers
952 views
Dealing with long description environment items
I have quite a lot of description environments in Beamer that are having both long and short items, leading to an output like
veryverylongitem description 1
shortitem description 2
which is not ...
4
votes
3answers
884 views
spacing in a description list using enumitem
I found Description list with right alignment of labels while looking for a solution for my own problem. I tried to modify the above solution, but there are a few ugly things I don't know what to do ...
3
votes
1answer
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How do I add \textbf to a description in my class file?
I am not a tex guru, but I need to modify my existing command \description to include boldtext.
Here is the command snippet:
\def\description{\@ifnextchar[{\@describe}{\list{}{\labelwidth\z@
...
4
votes
1answer
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\noindent won't work for stopping indentation after a math formula
In this minimal working example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item [{a)}] \begin{flushleft} test1 test1 test1 test1
test2 test2 test2 test2
\[
x^2+x+1=0
\]
%
...
4
votes
1answer
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latexdiff fails on description environments
This example fails to generate a valid .tex:
test.tex
\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[thing] explanation of thing
\end{description}
\end{document}
...
4
votes
1answer
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How to align description item labels on the right?
I have seen description-list-with-right-alignment-of-labels that explains, how to align description labels on the right. However the presented solution sets the lengths globally whereas I look for a ...
1
vote
1answer
958 views
Disable automatic indenting on description items
Here's the default functionality for description items:
With this code
\begin{description}
\item Lorem ipsum...
\end{description}
Is there any way to make this flush all along the left side ...
6
votes
1answer
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Aligining item descriptions
I am trying to make my description list with same margin as my formulas (made with fleqn option - \usepackage[fleqn]{mathtools}). I was able to make it with labelindent option of the description ...
4
votes
2answers
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How can I fix verbatim causing an extra newline inside a description list environment?
I'm trying to create a documentation listing similar to that used by MSDN. Here was my first attempt at that:
\subsubsection{User Default Page URL}
\begin{description}
\item[Rationale] This is the ...
5
votes
1answer
396 views
Lower case of the small caps in description
I would to use the normal small caps with the item in description in order to distinguish lower from upper case (e.g. LaTeX).
In particular:
\begin{description}
\item[I cAn't DiStiNguISH upPeR fROm ...
7
votes
3answers
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linebreak in description title
In my document I have a description environment. One of the titles in the description is too long to fit in one line and I want to break it. I know this is a bad styling but I can't think of any way ...
1
vote
1answer
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How can I append code to an item-label(-box)?
For executing code after the end of a parameterless macro there are \ltx@GlobalAppendToMacro and \ltx@LocalAppendToMacro from the ltxcmds-package.
For executing code after the end of an environment ...
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votes
3answers
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Footnote to an item in a description environment
It seems like it's not possible to put footnote inside a description list item.
For example in the following code first footnote appears at the bottom of the page, but the second - doesn't:
...
12
votes
3answers
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Description-like environment with fixed labels width
Which is the right way to do something like 'description' list but with customizable and fixed-width labels? I.e. something like this:
Label: Text text text text text text
text ...
11
votes
1answer
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Description list with right alignment of labels
I want a description list that looks like the following:
Name | Joel Spolsky
Address | Some address
Some zipcode
Telephone | +31 123 456
E-Mail | ...
1
vote
2answers
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Itemize with not so small items (vs. Description with unaligned text)
My problem is that the items are not so small (hence not bullets) that they exceed left margin.
See the example below.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
...
11
votes
4answers
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Enumerated description list
How can a list be created, whose items are both
enumerated (a,b,c,d,...)
and allow for setting a description via \item[texthere] ?
Im am using MikTex on Windows.
